MOE Relooking P1 registration - Too much priority to alumni

[glenax]

verykiasu2010:

dorisp:

Am glad more people are writing in to ST forum (today) about \"Too much priority given to children of alumni\":


http://www.straitstimes.com/premium/forum-letters/story/plug-rent-and-register-loophole

IN MANY countries, renting a home is a perfectly acceptable way of having a roof over one's head (\"Let couples who own shoebox units buy resale flats\" by Mr Elgar Lee, and \"Parents 'renting' their way to popular schools?\"; both published on Tuesday).

Singaporeans should be more open to renting as a way of living.

For shoebox apartment owners, one way to buy a new flat is to sell off the shoebox unit and rent a flat for a while. The couple can then have the flexibility of looking for a suitable flat, finishing the paperwork and renovating the purchased flat.

As for parents who rent flats near popular schools, I am very concerned that they are portrayed as doing something wrong, even illegal.

As the mother of a young child, I have noticed that whenever someone gets priority access to a popular school via any means, many others cry foul even if the manner of registration is perfectly legal.

There may be many reasons why parents prefer to rent a home near a school instead of buying it. Perhaps the home they are living in cannot be sold, or their finances are currently tied up.

Khoo Boon Lee (Madam)

http://www.straitstimes.com/premium/forum-letters/story/find-out-why-parents-rent-homes-near-schools

bona fide renter should not be penalised. scam and sham rental should be punished

It is very difficult to check who own a home and who rent, take up too much resources from school. It will also be a violation of privacy, if the parents are staying with their own parents and dont own the house then how to judge? This renting thing is not new and existed for a long time already.

I think the main issue is more with the alumni, it is creating an \"in\" group, where generations after generations go to the same school, creating an in and out group.

I have friends who doesnt care about what schools their children goes to and I am considered too KS for them. But they dont know what they are missing. Alot of good schools are almost fully filled by time it comes to phase 2B. Anyway, just griming.

[verykiasu2010]

glenax:

verykiasu2010:

[quote=\"dorisp\"]Am glad more people are writing in to ST forum (today) about \"Too much priority given to children of alumni\":


http://www.straitstimes.com/premium/forum-letters/story/plug-rent-and-register-loophole

IN MANY countries, renting a home is a perfectly acceptable way of having a roof over one's head (\"Let couples who own shoebox units buy resale flats\" by Mr Elgar Lee, and \"Parents 'renting' their way to popular schools?\"; both published on Tuesday).

Singaporeans should be more open to renting as a way of living.

For shoebox apartment owners, one way to buy a new flat is to sell off the shoebox unit and rent a flat for a while. The couple can then have the flexibility of looking for a suitable flat, finishing the paperwork and renovating the purchased flat.

As for parents who rent flats near popular schools, I am very concerned that they are portrayed as doing something wrong, even illegal.

As the mother of a young child, I have noticed that whenever someone gets priority access to a popular school via any means, many others cry foul even if the manner of registration is perfectly legal.

There may be many reasons why parents prefer to rent a home near a school instead of buying it. Perhaps the home they are living in cannot be sold, or their finances are currently tied up.

Khoo Boon Lee (Madam)

http://www.straitstimes.com/premium/forum-letters/story/find-out-why-parents-rent-homes-near-schools

bona fide renter should not be penalised. scam and sham rental should be punished

It is very difficult to check who own a home and who rent, take up too much resources from school. It will also be a violation of privacy, if the parents are staying with their own parents and dont own the house then how to judge? This renting thing is not new and existed for a long time already.

I think the main issue is more with the alumni, it is creating an \"in\" group, where generations after generations go to the same school, creating an in and out group.

I have friends who doesnt care about what schools their children goes to and I am considered too KS for them. But they dont know what they are missing. Alot of good schools are almost fully filled by time it comes to phase 2B. Anyway, just griming.[/quote]active alumni should continue to receive the priority. the dormant one should just be under 2C

[dorisp]

glenax:

...I think the main issue is more with the alumni, it is creating an \"in\" group, where generations after generations go to the same school, creating an in and out group.
I have friends who doesnt care about what schools their children goes to and I am considered too KS for them. But they dont know what they are missing. Alot of good schools are almost fully filled by time it comes to phase 2B. Anyway, just griming.

Precisely. Am glad more people are realizing this now.

[dorisp]

verykiasu2010:

active alumni should continue to receive the priority. the dormant one should just be under 2C

Support this idea but somehow still feel P2A should be capped because sooner or later all alumni will say they are the active ones and the admin will find it difficult to draw the line.

:imcool:

[limlim]

verykiasu2010:

dorisp:

Am glad more people are writing in to ST forum (today) about \"Too much priority given to children of alumni\":


http://www.straitstimes.com/premium/forum-letters/story/plug-rent-and-register-loophole

IN MANY countries, renting a home is a perfectly acceptable way of having a roof over one's head (\"Let couples who own shoebox units buy resale flats\" by Mr Elgar Lee, and \"Parents 'renting' their way to popular schools?\"; both published on Tuesday).

Singaporeans should be more open to renting as a way of living.

As for parents who rent flats near popular schools, I am very concerned that they are portrayed as doing something wrong, even illegal.

There may be many reasons why parents prefer to rent a home near a school instead of buying it. Perhaps the home they are living in cannot be sold, or their finances are currently tied up.

Khoo Boon Lee (Madam)

http://www.straitstimes.com/premium/forum-letters/story/find-out-why-parents-rent-homes-near-schools

bona fide renter should not be penalised. scam and sham rental should be punished

I don't care about whatever reasons they want to rent a flat. As long as they indeed stay in it, it is okay. And in consideration of interest of the child, it is absolutely legitimate.

What is not acceptable are pple who rent, use the address, but does not actually stay in it or have secondary accommodation.

[Jav]

Kudos to mummy who write to S T

[dorisp]

So which is more acceptable?


Those alumni registering their kids to their old school far far away from home and taking up places of the school at the expense of those who stay very very near and this stay near group had to end up registering their child at a school much further from home or those who rent a place nearby so as to get into their desired school but had the intention to genuinely stay there?

Just for discussion sake.

[Precious2.012911lee]

Honesty I feel using of fake address is still minority. MOE should review and solve the bigger issue first. Agree with article that alumni are taking up significant number of places and there should be a cap to it. Looking at this year situation, enrollment for next few years is going to be bigger headache for parents and increasingly stressful. Birth rate is higher compare to 2006 doggy babies. Our dear Mr Heng, it’s time to get your people to wake up and do something!

[dorisp]

So those P2A staying at Pulau Ubin or Johor taking up places in their old school in East Coast, Jurong or Toa Payoh is OK but we cannot tolerate someone genuinely renting a place to stay near school, knowing it is not 100% guarenteed, to secure a place in their desired school?

[phtthp]

dorisp:

So those P2A staying at Pulau Ubin or Johor taking up places in their old school in East Coast, Jurong or Toa Payoh is OK but we cannot tolerate someone genuinely renting a place to stay near school, knowing it is not 100% guarenteed, to secure a place in their desired school?

those P2A kids staying at Pulau Ubin or Johore Bahru, but everyday come out via causeway very early morning by school bus to attend schools like Nanyang primary ... are these SC or PRs ?

if for so many years their kid still PR, I seriously doubt their commitment.
do they deserve priority ?